Garden On, Vashon

With the High Pressure Sweet Spot FINALLY lodging itself above our part of the world, we’re in for some HEAT this weekend. Be sure to keep your tomatoes watered regularly, as they bask in exactly the kind of weather they need to ripen. Containers will need daily watering, your lettuces may need shading, and the gardener of your household may need a strategic glass of iced tea, some afternoon.

Want to Learn to Can?

And a few other techniques for preserving the products of your vegie garden?  Here is a word from Cathy Fulton, who is putting on the Food Preservation Fair this weekend.

Vashon’s Second Annual Food Preservation Fair
Saturday, August 14, 10 am to 2 pm

This year, we will be located just north of the Farmer’s Market (in the Vashon Physical Therapy parking lot north of the Village Green). 

The fair will include several stations and demonstrations of food preservation methods. Ask questions, discover resources, and get advice from Vashon Island food preservers about:
  * Steam canning
  * Dehydrating and Solar Drying
  * Pressure Canning and Boiling Water Canning
  * Low Sugar Jams
  * Fermentation (pickles, sauerkraut, and vinegars)
  * Steam Juicing
  * Freezing
  * Dry-pack canning 

Learn about Vashon’s new Food Preservation Equipment Library and how you can borrow equipment for a nominal donation.

Show up anytime between 10 am and 2 pm and visit the stations that interest you.  A donation of $5 at the door is suggested but not required. The Vashon Island Growers Association is giving away $2.00 coupons good for produce at the Farmer’s Market to the first 100 donors.

More information at: http://vashonfoodsummit.org/PreservationFair/